Zarrinmayeh H, Zimmerman D M, Cantrell B E, Schober D A, Bruns R F, Gackenheimer S L, Ornstein P L, Hipskind P A, Britton T C, Gehlert D R
Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 1999 Mar 8;9(5):647-52. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00082-7.
A series of benzimidazoles (4) was synthesized and evaluated in vitro as potent and selective NPY Y1 receptor antagonists. Substitution of the piperidine nitrogen of 4 with appropriate R groups resulted in compounds with more than 80-fold higher affinity at the Y receptor compared to the parent compound 5 (R = H). The most potent benzimidazole in this series was 21 (Ki = 0.052 nM).